SR Java Systems Engineer

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Java Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in information retrieval, processing, and ranking, with a solid understanding of public cloud technologies, especially GCP.  This role involves working in a remote environment, requiring excellent communication skills and the ability to solve complex problems independently and creatively.  Work Location: Remote

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop scalable and innovative robust Java code for information retrieval, processing, and ranking. 
• Build, enhance, optimize, and deploy tools, workflows, systems to process textual data for extraction of relevant information 
• Improve information extraction using machine learning and natural language processing techniques 
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of technical requirements and project goals. 
• Write detailed design documents, develop comprehensive automated tests, and coordinate automated deployments 

Qualifications:

• BS with 10+ years of relevant industry experience, or MS in Computer Science with 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
• In-depth knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and systems.
• Several years of experience developing applications in core Java.
• Experience in building distributed, low-cost, highly scalable streaming systems in Java, ideally on Linux.
• E2E software development lifecycle experience, including building and maintaining production grade software.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the English language.
• Familiarity with data mining, text processing and classification algorithms. 
• Experience in algorithm design and machine learning.
• Prefer… Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification or other Google Cloud Professional level certification.
• Prefer… Hands-on experience in public cloud platforms, ideally GCP. Additional experience with other cloud technologies is advantageous. 
• Prefer... 5+ years of experience in customer-facing software/technology or consulting.
• Prefer… Understanding of statistical methods and exploratory data analysis.
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